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Palestinian militant killed in West Bank city

(dpa) - A Palestinian militant was killed early
Friday in the northern West Bank city of Nablus and another one arrested during
an Israeli army operation in Balata refugee camp, according to official and
medical sources.

They said a large
Israeli army unit surrounded a house in the refugee camp and engaged the two
militants in a gunbattle that left Hani Kabi, 26, the local leader of al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades, Fatah military wing, dead and Samer Abu Leil, from Saraya
al-Quds, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad, wounded and later arrested.

Local medical
sources said Kabi had more than 10 bullet wounds throughout his body and it
appeared that he was shot dead after he was wounded.

The two militants
were wanted by the Israeli army for several years and Kabi had earlier taken
part in a programme whereby he would get amnesty after staying inside a
Palestinian security prison for at least three months. However, he left the
prison last month and never returned to it.

The Palestinian
Authority has also been trying to arrest the two militants as part of its
security plan for the entire Nablus area started in September.